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midterm (mid-semester) test or exam

3

dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

5

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

1

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

1

since; henceforth; ever since

3

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)

5

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

2

to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door

2

to increase; to multiply

6

(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially

5

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

6

no, not like that (but like this)

3

to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless

1

if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like

1

to beat back into shape; to correct (a bad habit, character trait, etc.) by discipline; to straighten (someone) out

1

consequently; as a result; in the end

1

to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one

1

virtue

1

to fall in love (with); to fall for; to be attracted (by); to be charmed (by); to forget oneself; to be entranced (by)

1

to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said

1

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

6

to disappear; to vanish

2

question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook

2

answer; solution

2

national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

2

answer sheet

1

to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly

1

one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer

1

means; is; as for

4

foundation; basis

2

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

3

shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly

2

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

1

that's true; of course; obviously

1

self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent

1

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

3

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

2

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

2

women and children

1

mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation

1

gossip

1

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

1

annoyance (to); bane (of); constant worry (to)

1

art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

2

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

1